" ... striking conjunction of desert ... "

April 10, 2018

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Desert Trails

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Here we find Chase in Andreas Canyon, a short mile or two

from downtown Palm Springs. Chase once spent three months 

here camped under a large escarpment with all necessary

accouterments. A fantastic story of his experience in a flash

flood will be recounted in a future post. Unfortunately most of

this canyon is now off limits to the public as it is part of the

Auga Caliente Indian Reservation. 

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" The same striking conjunction of desert and coast

vegetation rules here as in Chino Canyon. Down to 

the very neck, a bare hundred yards from where open

desert come into view, trees grow in full verdure,

curtained in wild-grape vines that make an arbor of

summer green or autumn chrome and sienna over the 

darkling pools of the creek. At the point where 

they cease they are met by a colony of palms, and

these give place to the low-toned herbage of the 

desert.

photos of Andreas Cyn, 

looking north, then south.

j develyn, April, 2018

The canyon is notable for a fine rank of ' palisade '

cliffs, which with their massive sculpturing and dark

Egyptian hue make a wonderful foil for the beauty of

the palms. Some of these stand statue-like in the 

vertical alcoves of the wall... "

photo of ' palisade ' cliff in Andreas Canyon 

j develyn, April 2018

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